Detection Engineer – Night Shift (Wed–Sat, 5pm–3am MST)

Zscaler accelerates digital transformation to ensure our customers can be more agile, efficient, resilient, and secure. As an AI-forward enterprise, we are constantly pushing the envelope, leveraging the world’s largest security data lake to power our cloud-native Zero Trust Exchange platform. This innovation protects our customers from cyberattacks and data loss by securely connecting users, devices, and applications in any location.

Here, impact in your role matters more than title and trust is built on results. We say, impact over activity. We seek innovators who actively use AI to amplify their impact and who thrive in an environment where we leverage intelligent systems to stay ahead of evolving threats. We believe in transparency and value constructive, honest debate—we’re focused on getting to the best ideas, faster. We build high-performing teams that can make an impact quickly and with high quality. To do this, we are building a culture of execution centered on customer obsession, collaboration, ownership, and accountability.

We value high-impact, high-accountability with a sense of urgency where you’re enabled to do your best work and embrace your potential. If you’re driven by purpose, thrive on solving complex challenges, and want to be part of the team that’s helping to secure the AI age, we invite you to bring your talents to Zscaler and help shape the future of cybersecurity.

We are looking for a Detection Engineer (Night Shift Wed–Sat, 5pm–3am MST) to join our team. This is a Remote (US Only) role, reporting to the Senior Manager, Detection Engineering in the Detection Operations department. You will utilize our detection platform to analyze EDR telemetry, alerts, and log sources across several detection domains including Endpoint, Identity, Network, and Cloud to publish threats for our Managed Detection and Response customers. Additionally, by contributing to projects to improve the Detection Engineering workflow through orchestration and automation, you will ensure our customers receive high-fidelity threat analysis and concisely written communication regarding emerging threats at scale.

What You’ll Do (Role Expectations)

• Analyze EDR telemetry, alerts, and log sources across several detection domains including Endpoint, Identity, Network, and Cloud/SaaS

• Publish threats for customers using concisely written communication to effectively convey key indicators and remediation context

• Improve the Detection Engineering workflow through orchestration and automation to manage high volumes of telemetry

Who You Are (Success Profile)

• You act like an owner, driven by a passion for the mission and a bias for action, seamlessly navigating between high-level strategy and hands-on execution.

• You are a high-trust collaborator who embraces a culture of candid feedback, clarity, and respect to achieve outcomes that elevate the entire team.

• You are customer-obsessed, building deep empathy for internal and external stakeholders while anchoring decisions in solving real-world challenges.

• You operate with urgency and precision, balancing speed and quality to deliver high-impact results in a fast-paced environment.

• You think at scale, connecting daily execution to broader strategic goals and building robust, sustainable solutions designed to support long-term growth.

What We’re Looking For (Minimum Qualifications)

• Ability to work the required shift from Wednesday to Saturday, 5pm MST – 3am MST

• Strong experience in Endpoint (EDR) and one or more functional areas including Cloud/SaaS, Identity, Email, or Network detection